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Council adopts amended historic-downtown sign ordinance; freestanding/pole-sign language tabled for refinement
Summary
After extended discussion, the council adopted changes to the city’s historic downtown signage rules (including allowing halo signs and increasing allowable window-sign coverage to 25%) while removing proposed freestanding/pole prohibitions and tabling monument/pylon-size language for further committee and staff work.
The Cedar City Council voted to adopt amendments to the historic downtown signage ordinance with several targeted modifications and a direction to staff to refine freestanding/pole-sign definitions and monument sign language.
City Engineer Don Bedrow opened the discussion with two staff suggestions: correct a window-sign limit from 20% to 25% to match the rest of the ordinance, and explicitly exempt small open/closed illuminated window signs from enforcement. Bedrow said he had walked downtown and observed common modern window signs and suggested the exemption so the city would not “chase what people…
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